Agility - who does it?

[echodomino]

Just as the title says

Who else here does agility? Can you post pics too

Here's Mouse:

And Stanley:

Mouse has been going for a year now but has only been to one competiton due to me thinking she'd be in season and her being 3 months late! Stanley hasn't been going as long but has his first competition next month at East Midlands Dog Agility Club - can't wait!

 

[ru-fi-do]

I don't do it but would love to get started with my collies, just not sure which club to go to? Great pics by the way, looks like the dogs love it!

 

[rrose]

i did it for years then retired my dog. sadley he has been pts since. but it was great fun and reccomend it to anyone... i will dig out some pictures for you x

 

[jcberry]

i really want to start it with sam, gonna start going to our local dog club soon

here are some pics of him jumping at home

all the rest are on here... feel free to take a look

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN-94YY2hMg

 

[sevenoceans]

Have 6 month old JRT and don't know where to start! would love to do it...

 

[Bright_Spark]

Mouse and Stanley are lovely.

I'd love to try agility when I get a doggie.

 

[echodomino]

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I don't do it but would love to get started with my collies, just not sure which club to go to?

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Have a look on www.agilitynet.com they have an A-Z list of clubs, there's bound to be one in your area

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Have 6 month old JRT and don't know where to start! would love to do it...

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Obedience!!! LOL my JRT started obedience at 3months and was doing a few tiny jumps and low contact obstacles and tunnels (JRs LOVE tunnels LOL) at 6months but lost interest so I left him until he turned a year and we're back in obedience with the view to going back into agility. You can't compete until they're 18months old.

Mouse on the other hand got straight into it but she was nearly 2yrs old when we started and is far more intelligent than her half brother!

I would strongly recommend clicker training as once you progress onto target training it really helps for hitting contacts at the bottom of obstacles such as the see-saw.

These are good websites for explaining clicker training if you don't already know about it

http://www.clickerlessons.com/
http://www.clickertrain.com/whatis.html

 

[KJJ]

Oh bless!! They look like they are having MUCH fun!!

 

[echodomino]

Mouse loves it soooo much that she now gets very vocal going around the course

Stanley enjoys it too but hasn't quite got Mouse's enthsiasm. They both go whappy when the training bag comes out!

 

[jj4y]

This is Bramble:

And my old dog Bailey:

 

[heidi123]

jj4y : hey I have a 5 month old choc lab!! Just wonderd how you found labs doing this? how did you go about doing it?
We go to a puppy training class, but we are swtiching to a obeidence class on wednesday? thanks helen

 

[Halfpass]

We went for our first lesson on saturday. Benji was fab and I really enjoyed it too. No piccies though i'm afraid!